Determine the goods and costs included in inventory.

Q: Identify the costs of merchandise inventory.

A: Merchandise Inventory: Merchandise is the stock of goods bought by a wholesaler, or a retailer, or a…

Q: How do I use FIFO and calculate the Cost of Goods and inventory ?

A: FIFO Method: FIFO method also referred to as First-In-First-Out method is an inventory management…

Q: Define inventory.

A: Inventory: Inventory consist of total of three components: raw material, work-in-process and…

Q: Define inventory costing system.

A: Inventory cost flow assumptions: These are the methods used by the companies to compute the cost…

Q: Ahmad had started selling mobile phones in February 2020. Details of the transactions are as…

A: Inventory valuation is a method of recording transactions as per the flow adobted. There are LIFO,…

Q: How to determine the inventory cost using the fifo and lifo

A: Inventory cost is the cost to incur handling charges,maintaining cost and storage cost with…

Q: The Consignment Out account of Jackie Department Store is shown below: CONSIGNMENT OUT For goods…

A: Consignment is the contract between the consignee and the consigner. In which consignee sells the…

Q: Explain which physical units of goods should be included in inventory.

A: Inventory:   It refers to an accounting term used to describe the goods in various stages in the…

Q: Determine the costs assigned to ending inventory and to cost of goods sold using LIFO.

A: Under LIFO method, Inventory purchased most recently are the first to be sold.

Q: DATE UNITS UNIT COST TOTAL COST 560,000 211,500 70 January 1 January 6 February 5 March 5 Beg…

A: Total units available for sale = Beginning inventory  + purchases - purchase return =…

Q: Determine the cost assigned to ending inventory and to cost of goods sold using FIFO.

A: Lets start with basic understanding. There are two system for inventory valuation which are, (1)…

Q: How about the cost of inventory held by the consignee

A: Cost of inventory includes purchase cost of inventory, it's conversation cost and any other expenses…

Q: Explain an example how to calculate net cost of inventory.

A: Net Cost of Inventory indicates the actual cost of inventory purchased. Net cost of inventory is…

Q: Explain the relationship between inventory turnover and purchasing needs.

A: Inventory turnover -It measures the rate at which inventory is used  over a period of time.…

Q: inventory?

A: The allowance for outdated inventory account is a reserve that is kept as a contra asset account so…

Q: Explain the difference between the flow of cost and the flow of goods as it relates to inventory.

A: Flow of cost means allocation of various cost to  inventory  It refers to a process of allocating…

Q: Determine the cost assigned to ending inventory and to cost of goods sold using LIFO.

A: Cost of goods sold are the cost of the inventory which has been sold by the company during the year…

Q: Explain the inventory accounting system.

A: Inventory accounting is the body of accounting that used to valuing and accounting for changes in…

Q: Define the term inventory costs.

A: Inventory:   Inventory refers to the raw materials, work-in process, and the finished goods…

Q: Describe the inventory recording methods.

A: Inventory recording methods are two types:   Periodic inventory system Perpetual inventory system

Q: According to our authors, define “cost” as it relates to determining the value of inventory. Provide…

A: Value of inventory is the cost associated with the company's inventory at the end of a reporting…

Q: What costs should be included in the measurement of cost merchandise inventory?

A: All the products that a distributor, wholesaler, or retailer buys from producers with the intention…

Q: Distinguish between product costs and period costs asthey relate to inventory.

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Inventory Valuation

Before discussing the topic inventory valuation let’s discuss the meaning of inventory. In accounting, inventory is also known as stock. Inventory means all the finished goods, materials, merchandise that a business holds for the purpose of selling it in the market with the motive of earning profit.